Offices Finsbury Avenue
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 | Offices, Finsbury Avenue |
| Designer | Arup Associates |
| Location | London, England |
| Date | 1982 to 1984 |
| Building Type | commercial offices |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | 1 Finsbury Avenue |
| Notes | Facade developed with shading on light exterior metal framework. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Offices_Finsbury_Avenue.html |
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Commentary
"At Broadgate, No 1 Finsbury Avenue set the aesthetic standard, almost single-handedly, for a new breed of speculative office buildings. Its elegant, open, well-lit atrium brought an unusual element in speculative offices but provided the building with, as it were, an internal series of fa�ades. Offices were grouped around the internal glazed courtyard, the steel and glass roof over which brought daylight to all these users. High ceilings in these offices were also an unusual and welcome feature and were a direct response to the new requirements of raised floors for the highly sophisticated and complicated services required by the new technology. Suspended ceilings contain the ductwork for the lighting and air conditioning. The dark metallic appearance of the exterior of the building with its sunbreakers and diagonal rods provides a telling contrast to the well-lit and light appearance of the interior. The fa�ades have been landscaped with trees and shrubs in a careful and well thought out manner."
— Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p381.
Details
Address: No. 1 Finsbury Avenue
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Arup and Associates. "Office Building at Finsbury Avenue", A+U, January 1986, Volume 184. p118.
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. exterior photo, p381. — Available at Amazon.com
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